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or age nts in the performance of this agreement. either party shall be considered the agent of <br />the other nor does neither party assume any responsibility to the other party for the consequences <br />of any act or omission of any party, firm or corporation not a party to this agreement. <br />8. Proof of Professional Liability Insurance. The Contracting Attorney shall provide insurance <br />coverage as set out in .this section. The intent of the required insurance is to protect the <br />COUNTY should there be any claims, suits, actions, costs, damages or expenses arising from <br />any negligent or intenti onal act or omission of the CO TRACTOR or subcontractor or agents of <br />either, while performing under the terms of this contract. <br />During the term of this agreement or extensions thereof, any attorney providing serv.ices under <br />this contract shall secure and maintain at her own expense a policy of comprehensive <br />professional li ability insurance with an insurance company licensed to do business in the State of <br />Washington, and shall name the COUNTY, its agents and employees, as additional insureds <br />under the insurance policy(s). All policies shall be primary to any other valid and collectable <br />insurance. CO TRACTOR shall instruct the insurers to give COUNTY 30-days advance notice <br />of any insurance cancellation. Said policy shall have limits of not less than $100,000 per <br />occurrence and $500,000 annual aggregate limit. NOTE: o contract shall form until and <br />unless a copy of the Certificate of Insurance with Endorsement, properly completed and in the <br />amount required, is attached hereto. o contract shall form until and unless a copy of the <br />certificate of insurance has been attached hereto. <br />9. Indemnification. The Contracting Attorney shall indemnify, defend and hold the County, its <br />elected officials, officers and employees harmless from any and all claims whatsoever arising out <br />of performance of the Attorney's obligations pursuant to the Agreement, including but not <br />limited to claims arising out of errors or omissions of the contracting Attorney ( or his employees <br />or associates) and/or by rea son of accident, injury or death caused to persons or property of any <br />kind occurring, except to the extent they are caused by the fault or neglect of the County or the <br />Court. <br />10. Term of Agreement. Provision of services pursuant to this Agreement shall commence January <br />1, 2019 and terminate on December 31, 2019 unless this Agreement is terminated earlier <br />pursuant to the pro visions of Paragraph 22, and the Contracting Attorney shall provide service to <br />all defendants referred herein in accordance with the terms of this Agreement until representation <br />of such defendant is complete, as provided in Paragraph 1 of this Agreement. This Agreement <br />shall appl y to all referrals made through December 31, 2019, unless the contract is terminated <br />earlier, in which case the contract s~all apply to all referrals made until 5:00 p .m. on the date of <br />termination of the contract. <br />11. Caseload Standards. The caseload limits set forth in this agreement include a case weighting <br />system for establishing caseloads, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated by <br />reference. Over the course of any 365-day period the Contracting Attorney (and any associated <br />Page 3 of6